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US-China meeting breaks into tense confrontation on camera

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    onyxleopard
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    This is just 5 minutes of the opening remarks. It's astounding that I was unable to query YouTube or other search engines in English and find a result with the full video. Recently I've found this...

    This is just 5 minutes of the opening remarks. It's astounding that I was unable to query YouTube or other search engines in English and find a result with the full video. Recently I've found this is increasingly an issue: some live event has assuredly been live-streamed and has also been recorded. Yet, after the event, it is impossible to find an unedited version on YouTube or other video hosting sites. Why does this happen? Surely there is value in getting such content on your channel as users scramble to catch up on events that they were unable to watch live?

    I found this full video from TVBS News' YouTube channel (a Taiwanese TV news channel) linked from YouTube comments.

    13 votes
    1. Moonchild
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      Somebody else already linked a transcript, which covers the entirety of that video (albeit with a few typos).

      Somebody else already linked a transcript, which covers the entirety of that video (albeit with a few typos).

    2. ImmobileVoyager
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      is nobody's concern. What matters is the number of eyeballs and how much targeted advertising their optical nerve will transmit.

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      is nobody's concern. What matters is the number of eyeballs and how much targeted advertising their optical nerve will transmit.

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    nacho
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    This was an absolutely stunning exchange. I'm sure there'll be a lot of hot takes. I can't wait for a couple days to pass so the serious analysts have a time to think about what's going on and...

    This was an absolutely stunning exchange. I'm sure there'll be a lot of hot takes.

    I can't wait for a couple days to pass so the serious analysts have a time to think about what's going on and contextualize possible implications here.

    Where do you even go in talks after things break down publicly like this in less than five minutes?

    This might actually be one of those moments we'll read about in history textbooks in a couple decades.

    8 votes
    1. pallas
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      There appear to be significant cuts to this video compared to the US State Department transcript, especially to Yang's opening comments, which, in the editors' defence, went on long enough that...

      Where do you even go in talks after things break down publicly like this in less than five minutes?

      There appear to be significant cuts to this video compared to the US State Department transcript, especially to Yang's opening comments, which, in the editors' defence, went on long enough that Wang commented on its length.

      9 votes
  3. Icarus
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    More articles related to this meeting: NYT - In First Talks, Dueling Accusations Set Testy Tone for U.S.-China Diplomacy WaPo - Biden administration begins first faceoff with China amid worsening...
    4 votes